Famous Bunny Ranch brothel crashed into by disgruntled trucker in tractor-trailer

Discretion is the name of the game for most visitors flocking to the Moonlight Bunny Ranch in Carson City, Nev., but Brian Brandt apparently wanted to make his presence known.

On Thursday, Brandt, an ex-trucker from Reno, backed a stolen tractor-trailer through the gate of the famed brothel and crashed it into the entrance at around 4 a.m., according to authorities and Bunny Ranch owner Dennis Hof.

Hof further revealed that Brandt, 40, was wearing body armor and a mask at the time of the crash.

“It sounded like a bomb went off in here,” said Jenny Jade, an employee who was sleeping near the site of the impact, in a statement to KOLO News.

Police apprehended and arrested Brandt shortly after the incident. He faces charges of assault with a deadly weapon, property destruction and possession of stolen property, the Lyon County Sheriff's Office said.

Despite the damage to the building, which Hof estimates to be around $400,000, none of his five employees, 30 prostitutes or 10 customers were injured at the time, he said.

Hof also shared photos of the damage on Twitter, along with security camera footage that shows the truck backing into the brothel.

The truck that Brandt was driving — an 18-wheeler with a yellow cab — had been reported stolen from his former place of work at Central Transport Trucking in northern Nevada, company spokesman Mickey Blashfield confirmed.

Blashfield further explained that Brandt was recently fired from the company for inappropriate behavior, though he would not elaborate. However, the director of corporate safety for CT Trucking, Bill Chapman, revealed to Fox 11 that Brandt was let go in February due to “accident related” measures.

Chapman also told Fox 11 that Brandt arrived at work in mid-May and assaulted a fellow employee with a four-foot steel bar.